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Properties in Nantwich, Crewe, London, Bristol, Stoke and Preston were targeted by more than 100 officers.
Eight women, believed to be originally from Eastern Europe, were found at several of them, Cheshire Police said.
A 49-year-old man from Nantwich and a 37-year-old woman from Crewe were arrested in connection with ... | Two people have been arrested after police raids across England in connection with sex trafficking. | 32813722 |
Goalkeeper Foderingham, 25, who arrived last summer after being released by Swindon, has committed himself to the Ibrox side until 2019.
Kiernan's new deal takes the 25-year-old up until the summer of 2018.
They join captain Lee Wallace and manager Mark Warburton in extending their contracts with the club. | Rangers duo Wes Foderingham and Rob Kiernan have signed one-year extensions to their contracts with the newly-promoted Scottish Premiership club. | 36839183 |
Paul Massara, who was in charge of Npower from 2013 to 2015, told BBC Radio 5 live Drive that Ofgem needs to do more to protect consumers.
At the weekend, GB Energy Supply ceased trading.
It said recent energy price rises had made its business untenable.
Around 160,000 people are affected by its collapse.
GB Energy Sup... | A former chief executive of one of the UK's biggest energy suppliers has said that greater scrutiny of new entrants to the market is needed before they get their licence. | 38138584 |
As a commanding centre-half he appeared in more than 500 games for Barnsley, Manchester City, Celtic and Lyon, and retired while playing for Millwall in 1992 to become the London club's manager.
As a boss, he took the Republic of Ireland to the knockout stage of the 2002 World Cup, and has guided Sunderland and Wolves ... | Mick McCarthy, whether he is being loved or loathed, is one of British football's great characters. | 30716855 |
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Shipments were suspended six months ago after some consignments were found to be infested with fruit flies.
But Indian mango exporters have been fighting the ban, arguing that additional pest-control procedures have been put in place... | India has been given the all clear to resume exports of mangoes to the European Union. | 30910140 |
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The Reds beat Manchester City 1-0 at Anfield on Saturday to remain six points behind leaders Chelsea.
"We have to win our games and see where it leads us," said Klopp.
"When you are still there with five, six or seven matches to go you can think differently - but at the mo... | Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he will not think about winning the Premier League title until nearer the end of the season. | 38480656 |
The incident occurred in Alexander Street at about 19:20 on Thursday.
Emergency services attended and she was taken to Monklands Hospital, where she later died.
The driver and two passengers in the car were uninjured. Police would like to speak to anyone who may have witnessed the incident. | A 79-year-old woman has died after being struck by a car as she was crossing a street in Airdrie in North Lanarkshire. | 35906987 |
Janissa Valdez's classmates are heard yelling and laughing in the footage as she is thrown by the policeman, who handcuffs her and leads her away.
She told media in San Antonio that the other children were expecting a fight between her and another girl.
The officer has been placed on leave and is yet to comment.
The in... | Texas school officials are investigating a video apparently showing a police officer body-slamming a 12-year-old girl to the ground. | 35994750 |
Ganesh Joshi, a legislator from the northern state of Uttarakhand, allegedly beat the animal with a stick.
Veterinarians told reporters they had no choice but to amputate as gangrene was spreading in the animal's body.
Police told the BBC they were searching for others involved in beating the horse, named Shaktiman.
Mr... | An Indian legislator from the ruling BJP party has been arrested for "assaulting" a police horse, forcing vets to amputate its leg. | 35839771 |
The motorway had been closed between junctions two and three in west London since last Friday after a crack was found in the Boston Manor viaduct.
It was shut by the Highways Agency following the discovery in a "sensitive area" of the road structure.
Earlier, the agency said it expected all work to be finished before t... | The main M4 motorway link between central London and Heathrow Airport has reopened in both directions. | 18823897 |
The 4-0 win over Moldova put Wales top of Group D after the opening qualifiers.
With Austria, Serbia and the Republic of Ireland also in their group, Hartson urged Wales to stay focussed
"I think it's a very open group. Serbia away is a very difficult place to go, two years ago we went there and lost 6-1," said ex-Wale... | John Hartson has warned Wales to avoid complacency after their winning start to the the 2018 World Cup campaign. | 37288497 |
Conservative MSP Brian Whittle said it was important to hold a "proper inquiry" to ensure similar incidents can not happen again.
It came as prosecutors confirmed they were investigating the circumstances surrounding the boxer's death.
He died in hospital after being knocked down twice during a bout with Welsh fighter ... | A fatal accident inquiry should be held into the death of Dundee boxer Mike Towell, an MSP has said. | 37552822 |
Venture capitalist Adrian Beecroft said in a report on boosting growth that bosses should be able to fire staff without giving a reason.
At a noisy prime minister's questions, Mr Miliband said the report showed the "nasty party is back".
Mr Cameron accused Mr Miliband of being "in the pocket of the trade unions".
The B... | Prime Minister David Cameron has clashed with Labour leader Ed Miliband over proposals to make it easier for businesses to sack workers. | 18170333 |
Environmentalist Chris Murphy is opposing plans to dual the A6 at Toome.
The proposed road is close to Lough Beg, a protected habitat for migratory birds including overwintering swans.
The plan has also caused controversy as it runs through a landscape celebrated in the poetry of Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney who was ra... | Planners could not have picked a worse route for a dual carriageway near a protected wetland, a court has been told. | 39028161 |
The roof of a detached property at Barlows Reach, Chelmsford, was fully alight after being hit at 22:45 BST on Friday.
The roof collapsed in the blaze, which spread to the first floor through cavity walls. Nobody was injured.
Crews also attended a fire at two semi-detached bungalows in Holland-on-Sea at 04:25.
One of t... | Two families have lost their homes after properties in Essex were struck by lightning. | 28383232 |
According to his publicist, he died of heart failure on Monday at his home in Santa Barbara, California.
Weintraub started his career in the music industry, promoting tours for Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra, before moving into film production.
Ocean's Eleven star Clooney and former US President George HW Bush are amo... | Jerry Weintraub, the Hollywood producer of the Karate Kid and Ocean's Eleven films, has died at the age of 77. | 33421099 |
The show, which ends this year after six series, has been a worldwide hit and helped launch the careers of Lily James, Joanne Froggatt and Dan Stevens.
It regularly achieves audiences in excess of 10 million in the US and the UK - and even featured in Iron Man 3.
However, the show has never won a major Bafta award.
It ... | ITV's hit period drama Downton Abbey will be honoured by Bafta with a special tribute night, attended by the cast and crew. | 33106747 |
Two heat lamps and about £120 in coins were also taken after the Perth Pet Centre in St Catherine's retail park was broken into.
The theft took place between 16:30 on Thursday and 11:30 the following day.
The owners of the pet centre have offered a reward for the safe return of the creatures and conviction of those re... | A bearded dragon, three corn snakes and a copper tarantula have been stolen from a Perth pet shop. | 35629959 |
A Commons committee said the government had been "too reliant" on the World Health Organisation (WHO) system, which declared an emergency in August 2014.
Instead it should have listened to other groups that were warning about Ebola months earlier, the report said.
But the government said its "swift and effective action... | The UK government should have paid more attention to warnings about Ebola before a formal emergency was declared, a group of MPs has said in a report. | 35349081 |
As of 15:00 local time (07:00 BST), the waiting time was eight hours.
Officials are discouraging people from joining the queue but said the viewing will now be open 24 hours.
Mr Lee, who died on Monday aged 91, was Singapore's prime minister for 31 years and is seen as its founding father. His funeral is on Sunday.
Sin... | A huge queue has formed in central Singapore as thousands wait to pay tribute to late statesman Lee Kuan Yew lying in state in parliament. | 32046137 |
The new "backpacker tax" proposal is lower than the government's original plan for a 32.5% rate, which angered tourism and farming operators.
They feared taxing temporary workers 32.5 cents on every dollar would make it unattractive to come to Australia.
About 600,000 backpackers travel to Australia every year, many of... | The Australian government says it will support imposing a 15% tax rate on working holiday visitors from overseas. | 38126372 |
Darlington left Wrexham in May 2015 and re-joined Welsh Premier League champions New Saints later that year.
"I'm delighted to get Darlo in, as he's someone who can help me personally, someone I can learn from and develop," Wrexham boss Dean Keates said.
"He is a local lad, the club means everything to him."
Darlington... | Wrexham have re-appointed Carl Darlington to their coaching staff as the Football Association of Wales coach returns to his hometown club. | 39923801 |
Emergency services were called to the incident on the A4232 near junction 33 of the M4 at 05:45 BST on Wednesday.
Repairs were carried out and both carriageways to Culverhouse Cross were reopened at about 11:55.
The Federation of Small Businesses said the incident "highlighted the fragility of Cardiff's transport infra... | A tanker carrying corrosive chemicals, which overturned and caused traffic delays around Cardiff, has been recovered and the road has reopened. | 32603993 |
Chief executive Dr Andrew Goodall has launched his second annual quality statement for the health service.
Despite growing demands on emergency departments, frontline staff were "broadly able to meet these pressures".
He stressed a focus on the individual. "We need to change our question to 'what matters to the patient... | The boss of NHS Wales has praised staff for providing quality services in the face of challenges. | 36724142 |
The incident happened on Sunday afternoon near Cefn Coed.
Three mountain rescue teams, the coastguard helicopter and the air ambulance were all involved in the two-hour rescue.
Mark Moran, from Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team, said the 13-year-old was playing with friends when he fell.
Mr Moran said he had been ai... | A teenager has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after he fell 40ft in a quarry near Merthyr. | 39993781 |
Juan Manuel Santos said the move put Colombia "in the group of countries that are at the forefront...in the use of natural resources to fight disease".
But, he said, the country would still fight illegal drug production.
Up until now, marijuana production in Colombia had fallen into a legal grey area.
While a 1986 law... | Colombia's president has signed a decree fully legalising medical marijuana in a shift away from preventing drug crop production. | 35165169 |
"A teenage heart is an unguided dart," sings the Derry-born artist on B a noBody. "We're trying to make something of what we are."
"The album is about growing up," explains the 19-year-old, "and I think the opening lines set the tone for the rest of the record."
Before We Forgot How To Dream has been five years in the ... | The opening lines of Soak's debut album perfectly capture the ambiguities and anxieties of adolescence. | 33012459 |
The survey, carried out on behalf of the BBC by polling company Populus, marks the start of the first day of the company's renewed four-year franchise.
The franchise, run by Govia, covers Kent, and parts of Sussex and London.
Neville James, who commutes from Ebbsfleet, said it was costing him £2 a minute to use the ser... | Nearly half of commuters believe that Southeastern trains does not offer "good value for money", a BBC survey has found. | 29566377 |
Leicestershire County Council wants to close part of Snibston Discovery Museum to save £9.4m over 25 years.
But consultant Graham Black said the county council was "manipulating" the public by not revealing enough details about the impact of closing the centre.
A council statement said it cannot continue to subsidise t... | A consultation on plans to scale back a Leicestershire museum has been criticised as misleading by an independent museum expert. | 27763432 |
Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters the allegation was an "official accusation" and a "total fabrication".
Adam Szubin, who oversees US Treasury sanctions, told BBC Panorama that the US government had known Mr Putin was corrupt for "many, many years".
It is thought to be the first time the US has made such a direct ... | The Kremlin has called on the US Treasury to come up with proof after it told a BBC investigation it considered President Vladimir Putin to be corrupt. | 35407795 |
The Rugby Football Union is giving full-time contracts to 20 players.
They include 12 members of the squad that won the 15-a-side Women's Rugby World Cup in Paris earlier this month, beating Canada in the final.
England's World Cup-winning captain Katy Mclean, one of the players awarded a contract, described the deals ... | England's top female rugby players will be paid for the first time as the Women's Sevens squad goes professional. | 28924321 |
PC Neil Doyle, 36, died and two of his colleagues were injured on a night out in the city centre on 19 December.
Within a floral tribute, his wife wrote: "Good night and God bless, babe. My heart is with you always. All my love, broken-hearted Sarah xxx".
The service was held at Liverpool Parish Church Our Lady and St ... | More than 400 mourners have paid their respects to an off-duty police officer who was killed in Liverpool. | 30934578 |
Eileen Garas, of Hampers Lane, Storrington, was struck by a Honda outside the Millford Grange housing development in the village on Saturday.
She died of her injuries at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.
Her son Anthony said he "loved her dearly" and she would be "missed by all who knew her".
Mrs Garas, who... | A 90-year-old woman who died after being hit by a motorbike in West Sussex has been described as a "loving, devoted mother and wife". | 35168443 |
The friends, aged 18 to 23, were each given an eight month custodial sentence after admitting causing more than £21,000 worth of damage.
Using a crowbar, a bent blade and a screwdriver they slashed tyres and smashed windscreens and windows.
The attacks happened overnight between 1 and 2 January in two towns and 19 vil... | Four men who vandalised more than 80 vehicles during an all-night rampage across Leicestershire have been jailed. | 40254898 |
Two-month-old Daisy Mae Burrill died three days after John Burrill fractured his daughter's skull in Fleetwood, Lancashire.
The prosecution said her injuries were consistent with being gripped by the legs and swung against a hard surface.
The 31-year-old had admitted manslaughter at Preston Crown Court but a jury found... | A father who admitted throwing his crying baby onto the sofa in a fit of temper has been convicted of murder. | 37755696 |
The minority Labour government struck a deal worth around £100m with Plaid Cymru and the Welsh Liberal Democrats to get the budget passed.
The Conservatives accused the other opposition parties of propping up a "failing Labour government".
Finance Minister Jane Hutt told AMs it was not possible to "shield" all services... | The Welsh government's £15bn budget for next year has been approved at the Senedd. | 25313500 |
Hussein Abdullah, vice president of the country's mosque council, told the BBC the team gathered samples of noise from places of worship in about 10 cities.
They found loudspeaker volumes set too high, the call to prayer broadcast at different times and sermons at hours there shouldn't be any, he said.
There are approx... | Indonesia has set up a team to investigate complaints that its mosques are too noisy. | 33285910 |
Mitsubishi Motors' shares have lost some 50% of their value since the scandal. On Tuesday shares rose 1.9%.
Japan's Nikkei 225 closed 2.2% higher at 16,565.19 points.
Takata shares shed 7.4% on reports of an additional seven million recalls of its faulty airbags.
On Monday, Takata had also said it was expecting a loss ... | Shares in Mitsubishi Motors have risen on media reports the Japanese car maker will compensate customers after it admitted falsifying fuel efficiency data. | 36253592 |
The Prison Lions FC - a team consisting of inmates and prison officers - has played several friendly matches but this season marks their league debut.
David White, the physical educator at Guernsey Prison, said: "They're really buzzing about it. It's a good vibe for the prison."
All the team's 15 matches - 'home' and '... | Guernsey's Les Nicolles Prison has had its football team entered into the island's Sunday Soccer League. | 24035372 |
After struggling for first-team football, the England international has been linked with a January move to Premier League rivals West Ham.
Sturridge has yet to score in his nine top-flight appearances this season, of which only four have been starts.
"There is absolutely no thought to sell any player from the first-tea... | Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has insisted striker Daniel Sturridge is not for sale. | 38185956 |
James Douglas had last been seen leaving his home in Stobshaw Place, Tweedbank, at about 04:00 and had not returned.
However, he was eventually traced near to the bowling club in the town's industrial estate.
Police thanked the public for their assistance after an appeal for information to help find Mr Douglas. | An 87-year-old man with dementia reported missing in the Borders has been found safe and well. | 38568681 |
On social networks many people made fun of the popular saying, "God is Brazilian".
"If God is Brazilian," asked one person, "then why is the Pope from Argentina?"
In St Peter's Square in Rome, Brazilians danced and waved their national flag and insisted they were happy over the choice of Pope Francis, despite much spec... | Brazilians reacted with a mixture of disappointment that the papacy had not come to their country, pride that it was a Latin American, and a fair bit of humour that it had gone to old rivals Argentina. | 21779590 |
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Mr McCall Smith's detective books are set in the southern African country, which gained its independence on 30 September 1966. | To mark 50 years of Botswana's independence, author Alexander McCall Smith has written an exclusive short story featuring the two main characters from his No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. | 37504838 |
Morgan Schneiderlin could return from a calf problem but James McCarthy and Aaron Lennon are still unavailable, along with long-term absentees Seamus Coleman and Ramiro Funes Mori.
Leicester City remain without captain Wes Morgan and midfielder Papy Mendy because of injuries.
Manager Craig Shakespeare has hinted at mak... | Everton defender Ashley Williams is suspended as a result of his red card at Manchester United on Tuesday. | 39470449 |
Cafodd y gwasanaethau brys eu galw i ardal oddi ar ffordd Mynydd Caerffili yn dilyn pryderon am iechyd merch o'r ardal, ond bu farw yn fuan wedi iddyn nhw gyrraedd.
Dyw amgylchiadau ei marwolaeth ddim yn hysbys ar hyn o bryd, ac mae'r ymchwiliad yn parhau.
Mae pedwar person yn y ddalfa yn cynorthwyo'r heddlu gyda'u hym... | Mae Heddlu Gwent yn dweud eu bod wedi eu galw i ddelio a digwyddiad yng Nghaerffili yn gynnar fore Sul wedi i ferch 15 oed farw. | 40319214 |
The ferry operator, owned by the Scottish government, said passenger traffic went up by 2% and vehicles 9% during 2015/16 while total turnover increased from £172m to £190m.
The company said the losses were down to a number of factors.
They included planned investment in new technology and becoming involved in new tend... | Caledonian MacBrayne passenger numbers hit five million last year but its losses doubled to just under £5m. | 37956996 |
A study following more than 37,000 Swedish men showed those eating the most chocolate were the least likely to have a stroke.
It follows on from other studies that have suggested eating chocolate can improve the health of the heart.
However, researchers and the Stroke Association warned the findings were not an excuse ... | Chocolate might not be the healthiest thing for your waistline - but research suggests it may protect against stroke. | 19402143 |
Dave Marchant, of Henley, found them in the engine compartment of his Toyota Land Cruiser when he checked the oil.
He believes the nesting female and six chicks travelled more than 250 miles (402 km), before being found.
Mr Marchant, said he will not use his car until the chicks have fledged.
Mr Marchant said he had in... | A pair of robins and their chicks are thought to have been driven for at least 250 miles after setting up home under the bonnet of a car in Somerset. | 32826291 |
"Uluru is sacred in our culture," state its Aboriginal owners. "It is a place of great knowledge. Under our traditional law climbing is not permitted. Please don't climb."
While thousands of tourists disregard the sign and scale the World Heritage-listed rock every year, their numbers are dwindling.
Under a plan announ... | The prominent sign in seven languages at the base of Uluru, the giant red monolith in Australia's dusty red heart, could hardly be clearer. | 36263849 |
The defender powered home a Tony McMahon corner with 13 minutes to go to give the home side a vital goal.
Bradford went closest to scoring in the first half when Billy Clarke's low half-volley hit the foot of the post.
Uwe Rosler's Fleetwood side will need to improve in Sunday's return leg if they are to reach Wembley.... | Bradford City will take a narrow lead into the second leg of their League One play-off semi-final against Fleetwood thanks to Rory McArdle's header. | 39765839 |
The country's Privacy Protection Commission (CPP) also accused Facebook of tracking the browsing habits of non-users, as well as its own members.
The action follows criticism of Facebook by the same body in May.
Facebook said it was surprised that the CPP had taken the "theatrical action" because it was due to meet the... | Facebook is being taken to court by the Belgian privacy commissioner over claims it tracks people across the web. | 33149889 |
Stephen Beadman told officers he became a "totally different person" after downing about 12 shots of spirits.
The 29-year-old, of Ibstock, Leicestershire, has admitted raping and murdering Kayleigh Haywood.
However, he and his friend Luke Harlow, 27, also of Ibstock, deny falsely imprisoning the schoolgirl.
According t... | A court has heard how a man confessed to police that he had killed a 15-year-old girl by hitting her head with a brick after getting drunk. | 36555003 |
Ryan Lamb, 20 and of St Helens, had been left in a critical condition in the attack on Canal Street at about 17:25 BST on Sunday.
He was taken to hospital but died in the early hours of Wednesday. Two other men also found injured, aged 18 and 21, remain in a stable condition.
An 18-year-old man from Kensington, arreste... | A man who died after being stabbed in the street has been named. | 39716295 |
Exam passes are high by historic standards, more youngsters are staying on at school and going to college or university.
Is this a good thing in itself? Or is the education system simply having to adapt to the fact that in the modern world there are fewer good jobs for young people, and that unskilled jobs are disappea... | On exam results day, education correspondent Jamie McIvor asks a fundamental and unfashionable question: is it a good thing that more youngsters than ever before stay on at school or go to college and university? | 40852696 |
Its star, Timothy Spall, is up against The Imitation Game's Benedict Cumberbatch in the best actor and best British actor categories.
Michael Keaton and Edward Norton, who star in black comedy Birdman, also received nods for their performances.
The dark satire has been nominated for six awards including best film.
The ... | Mr Turner, the biopic about British landscape painter JMW Turner, has been nominated for seven awards by the London Film Critics' Circle. | 30495263 |
Zakuani, a Democratic Republic of Congo international, has agreed a one-year contract at Sixfields.
The 30-year-old, who was a £1m signing for Fulham from Leyton Orient in 2006, left Peterborough in May after seven years at the club.
McCourt, 20, has signed a two-year contract having been released by Barnsley earlier t... | League One Northampton Town have signed defender Gabriel Zakuani and midfielder Jak McCourt. | 36620966 |
The truth, however, is markedly different.
As a preface to this latest turn in the Obama "birther" row, it should be noted that the location of Mr Obama's birth is generally considered irrelevant to whether Mr Obama is eligible to serve as US president. As long as he has one parent who was a US citizen, as Mr Obama's K... | Republican Donald Trump asserted that Democrat Hillary Clinton and her campaign team first raised questions about Barack Obama's birthplace in 2008 - and that he was the man who settled the issue in 2011. | 37391652 |
Property consultants Knight Frank said the number of ultra-high-net-worth individuals increased by 6,340 to 193,490 worldwide in 2016, making up for a similar decline the year before.
Researchers put the turnaround down to strong performances on stock markets.
The report counted individuals with more than $30m (£24.2m... | The UK will boast 30% more super rich individuals in 10 years' time, keeping it ahead of other European countries, a report has found. | 39117838 |
Footage from Queensland Police shows a speeding car erratically crossing lanes on two major Gold Coast roads.
After several minutes the car stops due to a flat tyre, and a man emerges holding a large knife and a dog.
The man appears to threaten a motorist with the knife before running off the motorway in Thursday's inc... | Australian police have released footage of a man who allegedly threatened a motorist with a knife while carrying a dog. | 34864863 |
The Local Government Ombudsman issued the ruling after adjudicating a case involving Tameside Council.
Tony Cryer, 43, from Droylsden, complained about having to pay £88 per week when the council threatened to move his mother, 80, to another home.
Tameside Council said it "strongly disputed" the ombudsman's findings.
... | Local authorities across England have been warned not to expect residents to have to pay some of their own care-home fees if they cut council funding. | 29472041 |
The area in the capital city, designed by British architect Edwin Lutyens in the 1920s, houses India's parliament, central administrative blocks and the presidential palace.
Most Indian and foreign journalists often visit the area for stories and interviews.
And now social media too seems to be reaping the benefits of ... | Lutyens' Delhi is often described as India's power centre. | 29983947 |
About 400 former employees who had worked for more than 25 years at Wirral Council were told in March their passes would be withdrawn due to funding cuts.
The local authority aims to save £28m from its budget this financial year.
Paddy Cleary, from the union Unison, said it was "encouraging" that the council had liste... | A Merseyside council has said it "got it wrong" when it asked former staff to return their retirement gifts of free lifetime leisure passes. | 36289685 |
Footage recorded by one of the students shows a bouncer agreeing they were being barred "because they were black".
A statement from Ghost Nightclub said it welcomed people "from all walks of life" and had suspended the doorman.
In the mobile phone video, the bouncer says he was enforcing the club's rules and claimed it... | A doorman at a Leicester nightclub has been suspended after a group of students alleged he refused to let them in because of their race. | 32827888 |
Bill de Blasio said the relevant municipal agencies had backed the idea.
The bronze Fearless Girl statue was placed on 8 March to draw attention to gender inequality and the pay gap in the corporate world.
The statue - which has become an instant tourist draw - had been due to be removed on Sunday.
Appearing next to th... | The globally popular statue of a young girl staring down Wall Street's iconic bull will stay in place until next March, New York's mayor has said. | 39414780 |
Perhaps our experience as a university in Yola, north-eastern Nigeria might add something to the global debate.
Yola, desperately poor, sits on the edge of the Sahara Desert, and for the past three years on the porous border between safety and security, at the edge of the territory seized by Boko Haram terrorists.
The ... | As the world searches for methods to keep young people from joining radical groups, and new ways to prevent violence and foster development, this university may provide an example. | 36925993 |
The final-day mass dress-up has become a ritual, with outfits including Oompah-Loompas, Smurfs and penguins.
Last season, following their League Two survival, Pools fans headed to Carlisle on the final day dressed as Bob Marley.
They also adopted Marley's song 'Three Little Birds' as a terrace anthem.
Pools fans have b... | Plymouth Argyle's Home Park was invaded by the Dark Side on Saturday after Hartlepool United's supporters turned up for the last game of the League Two season in Stormtrooper outfits. | 36214766 |
The Japanese conglomerate said it had sold its 4.6% stake in the elevator maker for €864.7m ($946.2m; £607.6m).
The deal comes a day after Toshiba's president resigned amid an accounting scandal regarding overstated profits.
In a statement, the firm said the sale would help "efficient use of the company group assets" a... | Toshiba has sold its stake in Finnish firm Kone in a bid to bolster its books amid the recent accounting scandal. | 33618724 |
Four wins, four bonus points, a bucket of tries. Top spot in the Pro12. Easy.
Saturday at the Sportsground in Galway was like entering a different dimension. This was rugby, but not as Glasgow have known it against their most recent, and most compliant, opposition. What they ran into in the west of Ireland was a lot of... | Glasgow have spent recent weeks engaging in rugby's equivalent of shooting fish in a barrel; a 70-point annihilation of Zebre, a 45-point deconstruction of the Scarlets, 43 more points put on Zebre the week before, 38 put on Treviso before that. | 36241346 |
That is the message from a business lobby that wants its voice heard after an election campaign from which it had felt excluded.
Two reports out this morning show the level of frustration and anxiety business leaders feel at a messy and damaging political process.
The head of the Institute of Directors, Stephen Martin,... | Enough with the politics - we have work to do. | 40245047 |
A baton representing the regiment's history is being taken around the world. It was handed over on the summit by 32 Regiment Royal Artillery.
Newport's 104 Regiment Royal Artillery are responsible for the Welsh leg of the journey.
The two-tonne gun was fired three times at 05:20 BST on Friday.
Cadets from Clwyd and Gwy... | Soldiers fired a gun from the top of Snowdon at sunrise as part of the 300th anniversary celebrations of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. | 36285114 |
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The Cardiff-born forward, who scored 11 goals in a loan spell at the club in 2010-11, will wear the number 39 shirt.
He said his main motivation for joining the Bluebirds was to be able to live at home with his family in Cardiff.
"I wanted to wake up every day with my kids... | Craig Bellamy has joined Cardiff City on a free transfer from Liverpool, signing a two-year contract. | 19190650 |
The Bolton midfielder was "in effect dead" for 78 minutes after suffering a cardiac arrest during his club's FA Cup tie with Tottenham.
Here, four doctors re-live the critical moments as they fought to restart the 23-year-old's heart.
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Tottenham club doctor Shabaaz Mughal (... | When Fabrice Muamba collapsed in front of thousands of spectators at White Hart Lane, medics ran on to the pitch to begin life-saving treatment. | 17469449 |
The lock in Buckland, Buckinghamshire, collapsed on 28 March, leaving boats in the nearby town of Aylesbury unable to connect back to the main waterway.
The Canal and River Trust said the boats would be pulled out this week and reunited with their owners.
The cause of the collapse is unknown, but the charity estimated ... | About 20 boats are being recovered by a crane after a lock off the Grand Union canal collapsed, leaving them stranded. | 22165326 |
Stewart Greene, 65, of Danes Court, Grimoldby, is accused of murdering Alex Robinson two days before Christmas last year while the boy's mother was out.
The prosecution alleges that when his daughter returned, he told her: "I've drowned Alex in the bath."
Mr Greene, on trial at Lincoln Crown Court, denies murder.
Micha... | A man drowned his nine-year-old grandson in the bath and sat calmly on the sofa until his family returned home, a court has been told. | 34846166 |
Mrs Long said that "there is very little evidence of any tangible progress" and that Tuesday 27 June is the "real deadline" for the talks.
Sinn Féin said on Thursday that time is "fast running out" for the negotiations to be successful.
The parties have officially until 29 June to reach agreement.
The deadline was set ... | The ongoing talks aimed at restoring power-sharing at Stormont are "frustratingly slow", the Alliance Party leader Naomi Long has said. | 40384293 |
Reaper aircraft were first brought in by the RAF for surveillance and reconnaissance missions over Afghanistan, but were later armed so they could also fire missiles and drop bombs.
The Ministry of Defence insists that they do so only rarely, and that the vast majority of missions - believed to be about 95% - remain su... | Drones have been used by the US and British military for many years, but are now fast becoming the focus for anti-war campaigners in both countries. | 22320767 |
The men's rugby club at the London School of Economics (LSE) will no longer take part in competitions.
An investigation had been launched, after the university received complaints about the leaflet.
The club has admitted it contained "offensive and stigmatising language".
"These decisions are not easy," said General Se... | A university sports team has been suspended from playing for the rest of the academic year after calling female students "slags" and "mingers" in a leaflet handed out at a Freshers' Fair. | 29530810 |
The opposition accused the government of misusing public funds, calling for a review by the chief auditor.
PM Tony Abbott has refused to deny allegations that officials handed over thousands of dollars to people smugglers trying to reach Australia.
The UN has expressed its alarm at the allegation, if indeed true.
It sa... | Pressure is growing for an inquiry into whether Australian officials used tax payers' money to turn back a boat carrying asylum seekers. | 33130476 |
Nine men are accused of smuggling 3.2 tonnes of cocaine on the Hamal.
UK Border Force officers, with Royal Navy support, boarded the tug in an operation about 100 miles east of Aberdeen in April last year.
An expert told the High Court in Glasgow the "unprecedented" haul had a maximum street value of £512m.
Det Con Ju... | Cocaine found on a tug which was stopped in the North Sea was potentially worth more than half a billion pounds, a court has heard. | 36520631 |
Prince William, the president of the FA, made his comments during a speech before the cup final at Wembley.
He urged sponsors and other backers to use their influence with Fifa to support reform.
It comes after Fifa's president Sepp Blatter was re-elected, following the arrests of seven people linked to Fifa.
The seven... | The Duke of Cambridge has urged world football governing body Fifa to "show that it can represent the interests of fair play and put the sport first". | 32949145 |
Mr Passmore won the role after "second choice" votes were taken into consideration.
In his acceptance speech, the former leader of Mid-Suffolk District Council said he felt "humbled" and "honoured" to be re-elected with a big majority.
The second round was between Conservative candidate Tim Passmore and Labour candidat... | Conservative Tim Passmore has been re-elected as Suffolk's police and crime commissioner. | 36018176 |
Axminster Hospital's inpatient unit in east Devon was to close and merge with Seaton Hospital, eight miles (12km) away, it was announced in October.
A four-week consultation would now be carried out, the Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust said.
The merger was due to patient safety risks after inspectors ruled there we... | Plans for a temporary merger of inpatient beds at two Devon hospitals have been halted, health bosses said. | 30292752 |
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The BBC News website asked the independent Money Advice Service to deliver a calendar of month-by-month tips for those trying to keep their personal finances in order.
Kat Hodgkinson, from the service, says that people should review their spending as the nights draw in.
Video... | Charity campaigns urge people to give up smoking in October, but money can be saved by cutting out other unnecessary extras, an advice service says. | 37506045 |
Shopkeeper Alice Wheeldon was found guilty of a poison plot against David Lloyd George in 1917.
But a campaign to clear her name, which saw her former home get a commemorative plaque, has continued.
Now, her great granddaughter Chloe Mason has said a submission to the Court of Appeal is being prepared.
Known for their ... | An appeal to clear the name of a Derby suffragette jailed for plotting to kill a British prime minister is moving forward. | 27292105 |
Jenny Beattie, Rachel Corsie, Jo Love and Caroline Weir return to the fold after missing the defeat by Belgium.
Erin Cuthbert is also named having captained Scotland Under-19s at the European Championships.
Signeul said: "I'm really pleased that we have a good squad selected and three players still to be selected."
The... | Scotland women's head coach Anna Signeul has named a 20-strong squad for next month's double header against Romania and Sweden. | 40015651 |
Mr Santorum launched his campaign on Wednesday at an event in his home state, Pennsylvania.
The former senator won several key races in 2012, emphasising social issues like abortion and gay marriage.
But he may have trouble standing out in the crowded the field of 2016 Republican candidates.
Santorum stuck to his key t... | Rick Santorum, a Christian conservative who came second in the 2012 Republican primaries, has launched a second campaign for the US presidency. | 32909413 |
The Republican-controlled chamber rejected proposals to allow regular scheduled flights to the island.
It also said a rule should remain requiring Americans to get a special licence before going to Cuba.
The House was voting on a transport funding bill which has provisions related to Cuba.
President Barack Obama has th... | The US House of Representatives has voted to keep restrictions on US citizens travelling to Cuba, despite a recent thaw in relations. | 33017334 |
A 44-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of GBH after police were called to Hailey Avenue at 17:00 BST.
The woman was taken to John Radcliffe Hospital by South Central Ambulance Service where she remains in a serious condition, Thames Valley Police said.
The road has been closed while officers investigate, and ... | A woman has been taken to hospital with "life-threatening" injuries after an alleged assaulted in Chipping Norton. | 36135933 |
His suspicious death on 6 June, just days after he vowed to press ahead the fight for universal suffrage, has caused an uproar in Hong Kong, where public opinion has forced the Chinese government to promise to re-open a criminal investigation into his final moments.
Mr Li's death at a hospital in the central province o... | Blind and deaf after two decades of imprisonment as a Tiananmen Square activist, Li Wangyang was a defiant symbol of the unrealised promises of democracy in China. | 18478631 |
The Perth man is accused of running the alleged paedophile ring involving men he knew, aged 35 to 47.
The girl suffered the alleged abuse over two-years before being saved after a tip-off from the public in April.
"She was rescued from this horrible situation... and is safe," Detective Superintendent Glenn Feeney said.... | An Australian father is one of eight men charged with 503 child sex offences, including sexual slavery, against his 13-year-old daughter. | 33699127 |
Helen Habblett claimed to be living as a single mother after separating from her husband in 2009.
However, Dundee Sheriff Court heard the couple reunited the following year and her husband was in full-time employment.
Social media profiles, bank records and covert surveillance confirmed the couple were living together.... | A Dundee mother-of-five's £56,000 benefit fraud was uncovered through her Facebook page, a court has been told. | 37360710 |
The H5N8 strain was detected in a greylag goose at the nature reserve near Ormskirk, in Lancashire on Friday.
Peter Morris, who works for the site, said it is "not a strain... that has ever transmitted to humans" and the centre remains open to visitors.
He said it had spread from Europe, adding: "This isn't a case of a... | A single case of bird flu has been confirmed at the popular tourist attraction, Martin Mere. | 38907726 |
Having won the first match in Beckenham by seven wickets, the Scots were all out for 166 in the 43rd over.
Sri Lanka wasted no time chasing down the runs, reaching 170 in the 23rd over, with Kusal Mendis 74 not out and Upal Tharanga 53 not out.
Craig Wallace top scored for Scotland with 46, with Lakshan Sandakan taking... | Scotland suffered a nine-wicket hammering in the second of two warm-up games for Sri Lanka in Kent on Tuesday. | 40025650 |
US researchers have discovered that some people who are overweight have hidden fat inside their bones that could make them weak and prone to fractures.
The Harvard Medical School team in Boston did body scans on 106 obese but healthy men and women.
The findings are published in the journal Radiology.
The scans reveal s... | Obesity may be a risk factor for the frail bone disease osteoporosis, a study suggests. | 23313047 |
Ingram (101 not out) reached his century off 46 balls, smashing eight fours and seven sixes.
Jacques Rudolph (49) and Chris Cooke (37 not out off 17) lent valuable support in their 198-3.
But Wright (101) kept Sussex in the game until he fell in the 19th over, as they finished on 180-6.
His runs, off 53 balls, came alm... | Colin Ingram struck Glamorgan's fastest T20 century to earn them an 18-run victory over Sussex despite Luke Wright's hundred in reply. | 40545967 |
Dr Upton was the driving force behind the early design of the credit-card sized computer and founded the charity that oversees its development.
The Pi has proved hugely popular with electronics hobbyists and many children are using the devices to get a taste of computer coding.
In April 2016, the Pi became the most pop... | Eben Upton, pioneer of the Raspberry Pi bare-bones computer, has become a CBE in the Birthday Honours list. | 36498605 |
Tantum Rosa is an anti-inflammatory medicine manufactured in Poland.
The raids by health officials, thought to be the UK's first for the product, followed police reports of teenagers allegedly high on the drug vandalising a local cemetery.
Southampton Trading Standards said the medicine was safe if used correctly.
But ... | An unlicensed female sanitary drug which has a hallucinogenic effect if misused has been seized in raids on Polish shops in Southampton. | 17182292 |
Secret World, near Highbridge, said it had taken in up to 200 gull chicks, which it described as a "record intake of orphans".
They were mainly rescued from coastal towns including Weston-super-Mare, Burnham-on-Sea and Bridgwater.
The charity is now appealing for "fishy cat food" to feed its "glut" of gulls.
CEO David ... | Hundreds of gull chicks are being cared for by a Somerset wildlife centre after falling off the "baking roofs" of houses during the recent heat wave. | 40520275 |
The Edinburgh-based firm said revenues also fell by 29% to £14.5m.
Its Asia Pacific market was hardest hit, following a record performance in the previous period.
Latin America also saw a "significant decline", after "rapid" spending cuts by the Brazilian oil and gas market.
IndigoVision manufactures IP video security... | Video security firm IndigoVision has reported a pre-tax loss of £810,000 for the first half of this year, after being hit by "economic and political challenges" in a number of countries. | 34278095 |
The two men, aged 19 and 24, were arrested on Daggers Lane soon after the shooting in Dartmouth Street at about 14:30 GMT on Tuesday, West Midlands Police said.
The 33-year-old male victim was a passenger in a stationary car. He died after being shot in the head.
The scene of the incident is cordoned off for forensic i... | Two people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was shot dead in West Bromwich. | 38451504 |
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